ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed Rs267 billion additional taxes in the budget with a special tax from elites to fund the current war on terror while advancing Rs29bn worth of tax facilitation for industrialists and foreign investors...

Withdrawal of SROs and adjustments in schedules of various taxes is estimated at Rs132bn in new revenue...

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Ejaz Chaudhry says the way customs inspector Muhammad Ejaz, who was investigating the money laundering case of model Ayyan Ali, was murdered in Rawalpindi shows that some big guns are involved in the case...

In a statement issued here on Thursday, Mr Chaudhry said the officer, who was deeply investigating the case, was now out of the way and like always the FIA and the interior ministry...

LAHORE: A blast near the premises of Qaddafi Stadium on Friday—which took place during a one-day international match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe — was confirmed as a suicide attack by Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid, who said a sub-inspector lost his life while trying to stop the suicide bomber...

The information minister praised the actions of Pakistan Broadcasters Association for "Covering up" the news while the cricket match...

A two-member bench of the apex court on Friday heard Ayyan's appeal against issuance of the warrants with her counsel, Latif Khosa, pleading her client was in jail when the customs inspector was murdered...